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Very little is known about the causes of small intestine adenocarcinoma.
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At this time, there is no known way to prevent small intestine adenocarcinoma.
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If Paget disease is present and there is no associated invasive carcinoma, treatment is wide local excision or simple vulvectomy.
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If a person is genetically predisposed to develop small intestine adenocarcinoma, tests (see below) can be done to find it early.
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These questions and answers will help you understand the medical language used in the pathology report you received for your biopsy for early adenocarcinoma starting in a colon polyp.
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These questions and answers will help you understand the medical language used in the pathology report you received for your biopsy for invasive adenocarcinoma of the colon.
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Chemotherapy (chemo) uses anti-cancer drugs that are injected into a vein or a muscle or taken by mouth to kill cancer cells.
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Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
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How your small intestine cancer is treated depends mainly on whether or not the cancer can be removed completely with surgery.
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Most small intestine cancers are treated with surgery alone.